Additionally, because this patch doesn't break any backwards compatibility, it's fine to merge it for 2.13 and 3.1 when those releases are cut. And since there are no minimum waiting period between releases, we could cut those right after that patch lands if we like.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Tim Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think we should hold the release for the ORC scanner patch - it's a > great feature, but there are many other equally important features and > improvements that have been waiting for months to be released. > > Generally, there are always going to be big changes that are "nearly there" > and I think we're best off releasing frequently rather than trying to hold > releases for specific features. This is especially true for large features > where it sometimes take a bit of bake time to flush out all of the issues > with the initial patch. > > - Tim > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Quanlong Huang <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi friends, > > > > > > Is it possible to wait until IMPALA-5717 (https://gerrit.cloudera.org/# > > /c/9134/) is merged? We're eager to upgrade our Impala cluster with the > > latest ORC-support. I've heard from the community that many other > companies > > are waiting for it too. As it's an experimental feature so far, we can > get > > more feedback on this release. > > > > > > As Tim said, this patch is closed to be merged. Could you wait until it's > > merged? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Quanlong > > > > At 2018-04-03 05:56:11, "Jim Apple" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >agreed. > > > > > >On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Philip Zeyliger <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Sounds like a good plan to me! > > >> > > >> -- Philip > > >> > > >
